Eclipse Phase: Transhumanity's Fate

In Transhumanity's Fate, you play secret agents protecting the scattered remnants of transhumanity from threats that could wipe it out once and for all. You might be a crusading hacktivist, an anarchist militia fighter, a planet-hopping xenoscientist, a psychic detective, or a social networker owed favors by all the right people. You’re a transhuman—a genetically modified human, an intelligent animal, a mind in a robotic shell, or even a bodiless artificial generalized intelligence. Your body is heavily upgraded, and your mind can communicate with every electronic device around it. You need every advantage, because you’re up against mutants infected with an alien virus, WMD dealers, corrupted AGI god-minds, shifty amoeboid alien merchants, rampaging alien wildlife, and the ultimate threat: transhumanity’s own self-destructive capabilities.

Firewall recruited you because you’re resourceful, you have needed expertise, or maybe you saw something you shouldn’t have but handled it well where most people would have fled in terror. Maybe you lost everything in the Fall, maybe you’re an idealist who thinks they can fix everything, or maybe you’re just looking for a good fight. You’ve passed our loyalty tests—for now—and proven you’re ready.

One thing we all agree on: transhumanity stands on the brink of extinction. We all feel called to act, and with a viewpoint that’s galactic, not local.

Extinction is coming. Will you fight it?

Transhumanity's Fate brings technothriller espionage and horror in the world of Eclipse Phase to the Fate Core system.

Join Firewall, and defend transhumanity in the aftermath of near annihilation by artificial intelligence!

Great product and setting. I have been using it for my transhumanism game along side the Interface Zero Book. The background for TITANS as well as the scary things that can happen, helps out on my game quite a bit.

I bought the book at DunDraCon last February and the seller said that most of the fate books I bought from him, most of the creators tend to throw in the PDF if asked. Do you give a deal on that, and if so, what can sort of deal can we come to?

Adam JMay 19, 2017 12:21 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Hey Shain! Sorry for the hangtime on this reply. All of our electronic books are Creative Commons-licensed, so you can snag the PDF from a friend or anywhere else on the web where you may find them freely-available. Or you can sock me an email to adam@posthumanstudios.com and I'll see what I can do for you. ;-)

Shain EMay 19, 2017 3:43 pm UTC

Thanks for the reply. No problem. I understand you must have another life outside of this forum. Just googled it after you gave the go-ahead, and found a copy.

Thanks.

Gabriel PNovember 05, 2016 3:54 am UTC

I fucking love the work you did, guys! Great work adapting the EP many rules into FATE system. Now I need this into my bookshelf. Keep doing such great work!!!

Chad HSeptember 02, 2016 1:47 pm UTC

Well, here it is, coming toward summer's end and still no book format or pod option. I'm giving up on this. So has the rest of our gaming group. Nova Praxis (Fate) it is then.

Adam JSeptember 02, 2016 6:57 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

As we said, Chad, we weren't doing a POD option for this book. The print book should be rolling into game stores this week, though!

September 02, 2016 8:11 pm UTC

How can one learn what retailers the book will be shipped to? Will the Eclipse Phase website list any?

Adam JSeptember 02, 2016 8:18 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Due to the way the distribution system works, we actually don't have complete lists of stores that stock our books. Your best bet is to call your favorite local store and ask them to order a copy for you. That sort of personal interest does a LOT to help small/medium-press RPGs get supported in store.

Jonathan LSeptember 06, 2016 2:44 pm UTC

PURCHASER

If I purchase a print copy from a store, is there a way to get a PDF too (i.e. like Evil Hat's Bits and Mortar program)?

Jacob KAugust 21, 2017 12:05 pm UTC

All of their electronic books are Creative Commons-licensed, so you can snag the PDF from a friend or anywhere else on the web where you may find them freely-available.

Douglas SApril 02, 2016 1:39 am UTC

People say there is no harm in an honest question, so...
Do you guys intend to release a Powered by the Apocalypse version?
I own EVERY hardcopy book you guys released! Like so many others here, I love the setting. But not the system.

April 02, 2016 1:42 pm UTC

No, but I'd love to play one. That's why we're CC licensed!

Chad HJune 24, 2016 1:08 pm UTC

I wish.
PbtA is my favorite RPG system. If there is a version of that system in a specific genre, that's my go-to. I like the Fate system, but my group is tired of waiting on a print version of this book. I have Uncharted Worlds along with several other PbtA games, and I have a pdf of Eclipse Phase, so I've been hacking a PbtA version of it. If I get enough done before this book ever gets a print option, I'm just going to say, "to hell with it," and use my hack.

Francisco BApril 01, 2016 11:58 am UTC

There will be a text only / printer friendly version?

Adam JApril 01, 2016 12:49 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Francisco: Our PDFs use Acrobat Layers, so you can show/hide the various layers as you wish to create your own "printer-friendly" version.

Chad HMarch 30, 2016 6:10 pm UTC

If it ever becomes available in book format, I'll purchase this. I do not like reading from, let alone GM'ing from pdf files.

Adam JMarch 30, 2016 7:06 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Chad: We're doing a full print run of Transhumanity's Fate; it's at the printers now, will be available in the summer! Follow our blog/website for more details/pre-orders.

Chad HApril 02, 2016 4:29 am UTC

That's great news. I'll definitely be picking up a copy. Already bought Nova Praxis for Fate, but I really wanted Eclipse Phase for Fate. Thanks for the info.

Brian RMay 01, 2016 4:24 pm UTC

Will the there be a print+PDF option, like with the EP core book?

Adam JMay 01, 2016 10:20 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Brian: We're doing a full print run at our usual printer, not printing it via DriveThruRPG. Therefore there won't be a print+PDF bundle like we're able to do here.

Brian RMay 17, 2016 2:21 pm UTC

Will that be an option on the EP website?

Brian RMay 17, 2016 2:21 pm UTC

Will that be an option on the EP website?

Brian RMay 17, 2016 2:21 pm UTC

Will that be an option on the EP website?

Adam JMay 17, 2016 9:37 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Brian: We don't normally do PDF + Print bundles on books that we've done full offset print runs for logistical reasons, and also due to our Creative Commons licensing! If you don't want to pay for the PDF, you can simply have another gamer share it with you. :-)

March 26, 2016 4:32 pm UTC

For those wondering what kind of Fate build this is, I posted some dev notes on our blog last night: http://eclipsephase.com/transhumanitys-fate-developer-notes

Linus FMarch 21, 2016 3:36 pm UTC

PURCHASER

I love the material in this book, but I gotta say I'm missing a character sheet. The normal Fate one would work fine of course, but it would be nice to have one with the Eclipse Phase logo on it you know?

Adam JMarch 21, 2016 7:23 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Linus: We'll release a character sheet as a standalone download. We didn't want to cram it into 6x9", especially since space in the book was already at a premium, and few people actually photocopy sheets these days.

March 25, 2016 1:21 pm UTC

Linus: A fillable PDF of the character sheet I created for playtesting is here: http://docdro.id/cWy9bT3

Nicholas AMarch 21, 2016 4:17 am UTC

PURCHASER

What are the chances we will see a morph recognition guide for this variant of the rules? Not a big deal as making morphs in this rules variant is extremely quick and easy, but I'm curious as I love the catalog layout of that guide for showing off morphs to players.

Adam JMarch 21, 2016 7:25 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Nicholas, it will take a little while for us to evaluate how well Transhumanity's Fate is doing and if we should produce support material for it.

March 19, 2016 2:22 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was waiting for to run EP. My group is generally all older with busy lives and we have transitioned away from overly crunchy games. I have loved the setting- I have the core, Panopticon and Transhuman in hardcover- but have never been able to run it because of the weight of the rule system. Now I can.

March 18, 2016 8:08 am UTC

PURCHASER

Are there any of the products in the overall product line that are less useful if you decide to only use the FATE version. I.e. They are very specific to the original rules set?

Adam JMarch 18, 2016 8:43 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Transhuman has a lot of rules-related material (alternate character creation systems) that won't be useful to the Fate-player.

All the adventures can be mined for ideas, but obviously will take some translation, mechanically.

Firewall, Sunward, Rimward, Gatecrashing, and Panopticon lean heavily towards sourcebook as opposed to rulebook, although they all do contain some rules/stats. Those five books are where I suggest Fate groups dig deeper into Eclipse Phase!

Zone Stalkers and The Stars Our Destination have minimal rules as well. NPC File 1: Prime has a lot of stats, but also a lot of character ideas that may be useful.

March 19, 2016 12:08 am UTC

PURCHASER

Thanks for a comprehensive answer. Are there any plans to do a guide to assist with conversion of materials like adventures?

David CMarch 21, 2016 11:10 am UTC

I'd like to add that the alternate character creation system in Transhuman works GREAT with Fate. I was creating PCs for fun with the Lifepath rules, and if there are some modifications to make, the Aspects creation was a lot easier. The randomness factor helped a lot in sparking creativity and I ended up with really cool characters.

THATIANE LMarch 17, 2016 4:10 am UTC

When, when, oh when the PoD is coming to us?

Adam JMarch 17, 2016 6:36 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Thatiane -- we're doing a full print run of Transhumanity's Fate, available in gaming stores, our site, etc!

To admit my biases, I have played EP Orginal quite a bit, and love the setting. I'm also a fan of the FATE system, because the rules are there to enhance a story, and not nessecarily focus on simulation. The marriage of the two went much better than I [...]

All i can say is "thank goodness" finally a system that makes this killer background more accessible. While theres nothing wrong with the original game system its very, very intensive. for gamers who wamt to quickly get into a game it was a [...]

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